The summer we graduated, Dave and I were hired by my father to tear down a house on a property next to Dad's office on Castle Shannon Boulevard.  This seemed like the perfect job for a couple of crazy adolescents: pick up a sledge hammer and knock down a wall!  Once we got past breaking the windows and smashing in a few plaster walls, however, we both began to realize that this was going to be hard, and long, work.  To make things worse, Dave had just had his knee operated on, and was supposed to take it easy all summer.    The work progressed slowly,  We were occasionally helped by friends who stopped by and smashed something in, but it took us the whole summer.  Dave managed to not re-injure his knee, but only just.  One day I was in the living room crowbarring up the floor while Dave was upstairs in what was left of one of the bedrooms, taking up the floor up there.  Suddenly I heard a yell and something crashed down behind me.  I looked around in time to see a bunch of plaster on the floor, and Dave's (bad) leg protruding through the plaster ceiling above.  He had slipped off the joist and landed right on the plaster ceiling of the living room.  Fortunately, he was able to prevent himself from falling completely through.  Except for some scrapes, he was uninjured, but was a lot more careful after that!      We finally got the whole house removed, and Dad was able to cancel all the insurance he had taken out.  It was a great summer, but we didn't earn enough to make it all worth while, considering all the time it took.  Great summer, though.  I miss Dave.  

 On Saturday,  September 4,  2004,  David  E.  Manoogian,  of  Silver  Spring,  Maryland, passed away suddenly.   David leaves behind his beloved wife of twenty-eight  years, Mary K. Manoogian,  his  son,  David  Charles   Manoogian, his daughter, Mary  Elizabeth  Manoogian, married to Tim Chewning and their grandson, Griffen Chewning.   David is also survived by his brother, Vincent Manoogian and his sister, Phyllis Manoogian. David was born on July 2, 1944, in Arlington, Virginia.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966 from Dickinson  College and was a third generation  graduate  from the George Washington University Law School in 1969.  Upon graduation, David served as Jaw clerk to the Honorable Charles Awdry Thompson  of the Maryland Cow1 of Special  Appeals.   David's bar admissions  include  the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  U.S.  Court  of  Appeals  for  the Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh  and  Ninth  Federal  Circuits,  U.S. Districts  of Maryland,  D.C., Eastern District of Michigan, Nevada,  Utah,  Middle

Manoog--from early days, in our wedding party, a visitor in our home...What was it about those red slacks every Thursday? You made an impact during your time with us. You linger close in our memory. My guess is you'd have loved the 2011-2012 Republican deabtes. You'd have trumped even the Newtster! Rest easy my good friend.